Photonic Tools in Biology: Marker-free Imaging and Optical Manipulation

Photonic tools continue to have a major impact on biology.  This conference will present new marker-free imaging technologies that promise to move beyond the capabilities of fluorescence microscopy and highlight the possibilities of optical trapping for biological investigation.

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Call for Papers

Submit your abstract on-line

Abstract Requirement

• 250 word abstract are invited for oral and poster submission
• Upload an abstract in either MS word 97 or PDF
• Figures and references are not permitted
• Abstract deadline: 20 November 2009
• Abstract notification: 25 November 2009

Instructions

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• Enter relevant details noting that fields denoted with * are mandatory
• Enter your abstract title
• Enter author details - please note that the main author is considered as the corresponding author
• Upload your abstract in either MS word 97 or PDF
• Submit your submission
• An email confirming your successful submission will be sent to the corresponding author with further information

If you are unable to submit your abstract on-line or have any questions, please send an email to dawn.stewart_AT_iop.org.

Invited Speakers

Dr Rainer Heintzmann (Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London)
Structured Illumination Microscopy 

Prof Dr Berenike Maier (Biophysics Westfälische Wilhelms Universität, Münster)

Prof Christian Depeursinge (Advanced Photonics Laboratory, EPFL Lausanne)
Application of Digital Holographic Microscopy (DHM) in Biomedicine

Dr Stephan Grill (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden)

Exhibition

Confirmed Exhibitors

• Elliot Scientific Ltd
• Windsor Scientific

JPK Instruments Limited

JPK Instruments develop cutting edge instruments for visualizing and probing biomaterials and their interactions, including single molecules, cells and medical devices. The NanoTracker^TM force sensing optical tweezers system visualizes and characterizes molecular and cellular interactions in real time in 3-dimensions in combination with optical and fluorescence microscopy.  The NanoWizard®II Atomic Force Microscope seamlessly integrates quantitative AFM imaging and spectroscopy with optical and confocal microscopies. Our CellHesion200® system measures cell/cell and cell/substrate interactions, quantifying adhesion and mechanical properties. Applications range from developmental biology to cancer research. The new Force Robot® automates force spectroscopy acquisition and analysis for high throughput studies of ligand-receptor interactions and molecular unfolding.

How to get here

Information about the location of the Institute of Physics, London, including local public transport links, hotels and parking

Organisers

Dr Pietro Cicuta and
Dr Jochen Guck
Department of Physics
Cavendish Laboratory
University of Cambridge
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE
E-mails: pc245_AT_cam.ac.uk and
jg473_AT_cam.ac.uk

Conference Organiser

Dawn Stewart
Institute of Physics
76 Portland Place
London W1B 1NT
E-mail: dawn.stewart_AT_iop.org
Tel: +44 (0)20 7470 4910
Fax: +44 (0)20 7637 4266

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